Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes of August 16, 2004

President Tom Schroeder called the meeting to order 2:05 pm.
Dator, Tiles, Bley-Vroman, Crosby, Uchida, Hilgers, Lukas, Mitsutani
and Ramsey were also present. The SEC met with VCAA Smatresk for
about one hour, and began the regular meeting at 3:03 pm. Most of the
Smatresk meeting was spent on a proposed review of T&P
criteria.

Agenda Item 1: The minutes for August 9 were deferred.

Agenda Item 2: TS reported on numerous meetings.

Agenda Item 3: the new by-laws and charter for the UHM Senate have
been signed by the chancellor and are now in the hands of the interim
president.

Agenda Item 4: some faculty have been injured by skateboards and
other wheeled vehicles in hallways, elevators, sidewalks, etc. The
CPM will be asked to research current policy about wheeled vehicles in
pedestrian areas, and UHPA will be asked to file a safe workplace
class action lawsuit.